Window-screen.



B`. E. LITTGE.

WINDOW SCREEN.

APPLICATION FILED 1m28. 1916.

Patented May 15, 1917.

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BERTHA E; LITTGE, 0F PAONIA, COLDRADO.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

\ Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 15, 1917.

Application filed January 28, 1916. Serial No. 74,841.

To all whom t may conce-WL.'

Be it known thatI, BERTHA E. LITTGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paonia, in the county of Delta, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Window-Screens; and I 1do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window screens.

The objectv of the invention is to provide a window screen which can be readily attached and detached to and from a Window and which will obviate the use of a heavy screen frame which renders inconvenient to remove the screen for the purpose of washing the windows.

With 'the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed outv in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote correspondingparts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a window showing the improved screen applied;

Fig. 2, a section 011 the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Figi 3, a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, an

Fig. 4, a perspective view of the improved screen detached.

Referring to the drawings A indicates the window frame and B the lower sash slidably mounted therein.

i The improved screen is shown as comprising a rectangular body ortion 10 the upper and lower edges of w ich are reinforced respectively by means of metallic strips 11 and 12 having substantially U-shaped cross sections and disposed in embracing relation to the body. These strips 11 and 12 are secured to the body by upsetting same at spaced points as at 13. The strips 11 and l2 terminate short of the sides of the body and said side edges are Vreinforced through the medium of flexible strips 14 secured to the body through the medium of clips 15. Secured to the body l0 at each end of the upper strip 11 is a socket 16 and these sockets are adapted to detachably receive ball members 17 secured to the sash B. Secured to the lower end of the body L10 are straps 18 which carry respectively socket members 19 adapted to detachably receive ball members 20 suitablysecured to the sill of the frame A. The body 10 is reinforced by a rod 22 extending transversely' thereof midway its ends.

i By this construction it will be obvious that if it is desired to wash the window theI screen can be readily removed with little effort and labor and when so removed can be rolled up so as to occupy very little space.

What is claimed is A screen comprising a body, U-shaped metallic reinforcing members embracing the upper' and lower edges of the body, said members being provided with u set portions interlocking with the body, libxible reinforcing members along the side edges of the body, U-shaped clips embracing the last named reinforcing members and the body to secure said members and body together, and means for detachably securing the upper and lower ends of the screen to a Window element.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses. Mns. BERTHA E. LITTGE.

Witnesses:

VERNA L. WEIPPER, EUNICE V. WEIPPER. 

